Bought a Full Pallet Load at Tractor Supply and They Charged Me for The Pallet

[SPIKER]

Around here there are the pallet scroungers and they do OK but not much more than gas $ & a 12 pack. About everywhere if you buying a pallet full of what ever you get the pallet. Never been charged for one either. I COULD have gotten extras when buying insulation but didn't feel like having them at home to deal with...

Local company buys them and refurbs them, prices are 75cent to 2.00 or so from what I remember from old ad in paper 5+ years ago.
Mark

 

[jymbee]

Have you ever bought a pallet load of anything and they would not let you have the pallet it was stacked on?

Local Home Depot said the would charge me $12 for their pallet with a dozen 80 pound bags of concrete premix. But when I checked out, I guess the checker didn't get the word and I got it for free.

Number of places sell used pallets for three bucks, but the quality varies from solid to crap. As I palletize everything I can, I've taken to making my own. I use 2x4s and boards from a local lumber mill that sells their rejects. Last trip there I got a pretty good pickup load for five bucks. More than enough to make four or five VERY rugged pallets.

 

[TomSeller]

I get used pallets at the local hardware store. When I go to pick something up at a chain store that requires a pallet I always toss one in my truck and if they ask me to pay for their pallet, I tell them "no thanks, please load the purchase onto my pallet and put it in my truck". That usually stops them in their tracks and they give me their pallet. When I get too many, I cut them up and burn them in the wood stove.

 

[randy41]

To me, this sounds the same as a store putting parking meters in their loading area.

off topic but i think this is what towns have been doing to downtown retailers for many years now.

 

[John White]

Some time ago I was listening to our local "trading Post" radio show and some fell had a ad and wanted someone with a truck and trailer and said he would pay them $200 for a hauling job. I called him. He said he lost his license for 30 days and needed some with a truck and trailer to haul pallets for a day. I have a 10kw trailer and a F450 truck so I called him. He did all the lifting , loading and tying down. Took about 5 hours. He paid me $200 plus filled my fuel tank. He called the next week and wanted me to do it again but my truck and trailer was tied up.

 

[charlz]

Around here there are the pallet scroungers and they do OK but not much more than gas $ & a 12 pack.

I think the ones around here have it figured out.... find a rusted out, broken down trailer with at least one crack in the frame and a pickup to match. Stack that 8'x16' trailer with pallets 8'x20' and at least 14' high and secure it all with one piece of 1/8" rope. Ensure the cracked trailer frame makes the pallets lean into the oncoming lane. Stack the pickup just as high and use another piece of 1/8" rope with several splices in it for added strength. Also it should be a 1/4 ton truck with only about 1/8 ton worth of actual load capacity left in its suspension so it gets the proper ride at the hitch... you can tell it is a proper ride because the one safety chain is dragging on the ground.


I am pretty sure that they make their equipment investment back on the first load

 

[RobertBrown]

I think the ones around here have it figured out.... find a rusted out, broken down trailer with at least one crack in the frame and a pickup to match. Stack that 8'x16' trailer with pallets 8'x20' and at least 14' high and secure it all with one piece of 1/8" rope. Ensure the cracked trailer frame makes the pallets lean into the oncoming lane. Stack the pickup just as high and use another piece of 1/8" rope with several splices in it for added strength. Also it should be a 1/4 ton truck with only about 1/8 ton worth of actual load capacity left in its suspension so it gets the proper ride at the hitch... you can tell it is a proper ride because the one safety chain is dragging on the ground.

I am pretty sure that they make their equipment investment back on the first load

And you get a ticket when your taillight goes out......

 

[Midniteoyl]

I usually only get pallets when the local Menards puts the broken bags of concrete, mulch, whatever on then, shrink wrap, then sale them off at $5 a pallet.. I bought so much of the concrete once that my 250 rode on the bump stops.. for $25

 

[MoKelly]

Over the years I've bought lots of stuff - Lignetics, fertilizer, shavings etc - from Lowes, Best Buy, Kubota dealer etc and never paid a single penny for their crappy pallets. Usually the pallet is so beat to cr-p its not longer good for anything anyhow. The day some store tries to charge me for a pallet is the day I will find another dealer for that product.

To me, this sounds the same as a store putting parking meters in their loading area.

Or, charging for bags when you fly on an airplane.

MoKelly

 

[Soundguy]

Ouch! Please don't give them ideas!!!

i hear ya!